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Travel Iowa is incredibly proud of Clarksville, Iowa, native Maddie Poppe! Poppe is a top three finalist on the television singing competition American Idol.
On Tuesday, May 15, at 5 p.m. Clarksville will host a hometown parade in their downtown wel...

The seven villages comprising the Amana Colonies, located on the prairie of east-central Iowa, are vibrant, historical communities. A German religious group settled the Amana Colonies in the 1850’s. The brick, stone and clapboard homes draw tourists ...

Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa’s only national monument, encompasses 2,526 acres overlooking the Mississippi and is home to 206 prehistoric Native American Indian mounds—31 of them shaped in the likeness (effigy) of bears or birds. The visitor...

The House was made famous by Grant Wood's painting American Gothic. Everyone knows the painting of the old man and woman holding a pitchfork. But did you know you can stop by and take your picture in front of that very house? They even supply the costumes...

Standing in the parking lot of our local grocery store I can see that the only thing blocking my entrance is a group of adorable Girl Scouts selling their legendary cookies. Now I have no problem saying no to children. I have three of my own and I say...